CVE-2015-8552 Details
Description
The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to generate a continuous stream of WARN messages and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and XEN_PCI_OP_enable_msi operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
No CVSS 4.0 data is available for this CVE.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
No data available for CVSS Version 2.0 on this CVE.
No SSVC data is available for this CVE.
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Weakness Enumeration
| CWE-ID | CWE Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation | [email protected] |
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| xen xen | 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.2.0 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.3.0 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.4.0 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4 4.0.0 4.0.1 4.0.2 4.0.3 4.0.4 4.1.0 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5 4.1.6 4.1.6.1 4.2.0 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4 4.2.5 4.3.0 4.3.1 4.3.2 4.3.3 4.3.4 |
CPE
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| canonical ubuntu linux | 12.04 |
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| debian debian linux | 6.0 |
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| novell suse linux enterprise debuginfo | 11 sp4 |
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| novell suse linux enterprise real time extension | 11 sp4 12 sp1 |
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Change History
12 change records found show changes
| Date | Action | Recorded By |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| May 6, 2026 | Status Change | [email protected] |
| Nov 21, 2024 | CVE Modified | CVE |
| May 14, 2024 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Nov 4, 2017 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Jul 1, 2017 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Dec 3, 2016 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Nov 28, 2016 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Modified Analysis | [email protected] |
| Aug 12, 2016 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Apr 18, 2016 | Modified Analysis | [email protected] |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Initial Analysis | [email protected] |